Interpretation of Galileo Probe Data and Implications for Jupiter’s Dry Downdrafts
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column stretching, so that the NH3 , NH4SH, and water lifting condensation levels were pushed to 8, 16, and .20 bars, respecThe Galileo probe found the jovian abundance of H2S to be tively. In either case, the simplest form of this model requires 30% solar at the 8 bar level, while the abundance of water was the downdraft to be less dense than the surroundings from less than 3% solar at 12 bars. From 8 to 20 bars, H2S increased 0.5 to 20 bars. In its simplest form, this model is therefore to three times solar, and water apparently increased as well. incompatible with our favored interpretation of the winds; more Since H2S and water condense at 2 and 5 bars, respectively, detailed studies will be necessary to resolve the problem. 1998 the probe probably entered a dry downdraft, wherein dry air Academic Press above 2 bars is advected to 12 bars or deeper (Owen et al. 1996,
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